Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received Pension Credit in the 2020-21 financial year.
Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit are only available at the Great Britain level and are available in the “Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up” publication which can be found on the statistics section of gov.uk. The latest publication relates to the financial year 2019 to 2020.
Income-related benefits: estimates of take-up: financial year 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Department for Communities is responsible for Pension Credit in Northern Ireland. Estimates for the number of people eligible for Pension Credit in Northern Ireland are available at
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/northern-ireland-benefit-statistics-summary-february-2021